Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:Women's 50 metre freestyle
Championship:Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:17 February (heats and semifinal)
18 February (final)
Venue:Aspire Dome
Location:Doha, Qatar
Win Value:23.69
Gold:Sarah Sjöström
Gold Nation:SWE
Silver:Kate Douglass
Silver Nation:USA
Bronze:Katarzyna Wasick
Bronze Nation:POL
Prev:2023
Next:2025

The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 February 2024.[1] [2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 17 February at 09:32.[4]

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 17 February at 19:50.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 23.90 Q
2 1 5 24.01 Q, NR
3 1 4 24.24 Q
4 2 5 24.44 Q
5 2 3 24.51 Q
6 1 3 24.65 Q
7 1 6 24.71 Q
8 2 6 24.72 Q
9 1 2 24.74
9 2 2 24.74
11 2 7 24.80
12 1 1 24.86
13 2 1 24.87
14 1 8 24.96
15 2 8 25.04
16 1 7 25.07

Final

The final was held on 18 February at 19:46.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 23.69
3 23.91 AM
5 23.95 NR
4 6 24.27
5 8 24.50
6 2 24.51
7 1 24.69
8 7 24.79

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
  2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 24 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240224092039/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EB0101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
  3. Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
  4. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217090351/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EB0101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
  5. Web site: Semifinals results. omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217170218/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EB0102FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
  6. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 18 February 2024. 18 February 2024. 18 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240218165456/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201EB0104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.